Private Project

ROVE IN SPRING

This is a documentary film shot in Shanghai, China in April 2022. Neil, the director's friend, is not a professional photographer. After getting COVID-19, Neil was transferred to the shelter for isolation. So the director directed and completed the film online.This documentary was filmed by the phone.

  • Luisen Lu
    Director
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    春日漫游
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    28 minutes 35 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    500 CNY
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digitial
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • CINE PARIS FILM FESTIVAL
    PARIS
    Best first time director documentary
  • Cannes Shorts
    Cannes
    the Best Short Documentary Nominee
  • Festival Internacional de cine y Multimedia

    Argentina
    the Special Mention for Documentary Short Film
  • Boden International Film Festival
    Boden
    Best Short Documentary
Director Biography - Luisen Lu

Luisen Lu(陆鑫龙) was born in Shanghai, China in 1993. Graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy, majoring in film direction. At present, he is mainly engaged in the creation of short plot films and the shooting of advertising films. As the executive producer and screenwriter of the short film "That's not you", he was shortlisted in the Cross Strait Youth Short Film Competition and received the Quarter-Finalist Award in the Best Short Film from SWIFF2023; As the producer of the short film"Love Story", he won the Best Editing Award of the Short Film Unit of the Beijing International Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Mobile Image Unit of the Golden Rooster Award in China; Director of the short film "March Forward Courageous".

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Director Statement

This documentary was shot in Shanghai, China in April 2022.Everyone had to be shut down at home at that time.
I don't know how to help those helpless people.So I can only record these ordinary people in difficult times through documentary.
To protect the film's creators and interviewees, please do not show this film to Chinese media and officials.